Improvement in fence-post pedestal



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'JOSEPH ROBBINS, 0F lAMHERST, `Onto 'I Letters Patent lira-68,902, dated September ,'17, 1867." n i dlgs dgtmle referat te it time ettn's ztttnt Ymit making parv nf the samt.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH RoBnINs, of Amherst, in the county of Lorain, and State of Ohio, have invented y l certain new and nsefnl Improvements in FencePost :PedestalsV and I do hereby declare' that the following is a p full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a 'part of this specification, in whichi Figure 1 is a side view of the pedestal.

Figure a top View of the pedestal, with post detached.

Figure 3 is an end View. i

Like letters refer to like parts in thedi'erent views.`

This pedestal is constructed of' iron, and consists of a` broad plate, A, $5.2, from which project-upward l the standards B, supported and braced by the angular sidesI C, which sides project inward beyond tbeedges 'of the standards, as shown in fig. 2. D' are triangular ribs, and E a dowel-pin,`the' purpose of which will -hereafter be shown.l y .y The practical use of this pedestal is as follows: `It is placednpon a stone or other base` transversely to the .line of fencing, and secured to the same by stay-bolts, made 'to enter` the slots E, iig. 2. The pedestal being p properly arranged in line and distance, the post G is inserted, as shown in iig; -1, the lower end `of `which is seen.`

to rest upon the ribs D, and is thus kept above the plate so as to allow a current of air to circulate beneath, and thus preserve the end of the post from decay. `The post is kept erect by `the standards and sidesC, which, it will be observed, enclose the foot of the post, and thus brace it seeurely'andfrmly from displacement.

dowe'l-pin, E, referred to, also contributes to the strength and permanence of the post in tbepedestal. i

4 It"wll be observed that -the sides of thepost above the pedestal are enlarged, and thus' made to` project over the ends of the standards, the purpose of which is to prevent the rain from running d own between the footp of the post and standard. Bythisthe post is kept from being Wet or damp, and is thus preserved longer from goingto decay. i

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described pedestal, when constructed with standards B, ribs D, and pin E, in Vcombination with i the post G, in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

l JGSEPH ROBBINS.

Witnesses W.V H'. BURRIDGE, FRANK S. ALBEN. 

